5 My Lord has become like an enemy. He devoured Israel;he devoured all her palaces; he made ruins of her city walls.In Daughter Judah he multiplied mourning along with more mourning!
6 He wrecked his own booth like a garden; he destroyed his place for festivals.The Lord made Zion forget both festival and sabbath;in his fierce rage, he scorned both monarch and priest.
7 My Lord rejected his altar, he abandoned his sanctuary;he handed Zion’s palace walls over to enemies.They shouted in the Lord’s own house as if it were a festival day.
8 The Lord planned to destroy Daughter Zion’s wall.He stretched out a measuring line, didn’t stop himself from devouring.He made barricades and walls wither—together they wasted away.
9 Zion’s gates sank into the ground; he broke and shattered her bars;her king and her officials are now among the nations. There is no Instruction!Even her prophets couldn’t find a vision from the Lord.
10 Daughter Zion’s elders sit on the ground and mourn.They throw dust on their heads; they put on mourning clothes.Jerusalem’s young women bow their heads all the way to the ground.
11 My eyes are worn out from weeping; my stomach is churning.My insides are poured on the ground because the daughter of my people is shattered,because children and babies are fainting in the city streets.